Re: [PATCH] Update backward/algo.h

[Phil Edwards <pedwards at disaster dot jaj dot com>]

On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 09:59:20AM +0000, Nathan Myers wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 11:48:20PM -0800, Benjamin Kosnik wrote:
> > 
> > > > we want it to include a name that
> > > > ends with ".h" so that make won't arbitrarily try to delete it.
> > 
> > I think Nathan is confused: this is not currently an issue.
> 
> When did it become a non-issue?  And, how?  
> Should the rule not then be removed from HEADER_POLICY?  
> Note there are many extra files that exist solely to conform 
> to the rule.  Absent the rule they should be deleted.

I can't speak for Benjamin, but I took his message to mean:

"the problem of gmake deleting extensionless files is no longer an issue"

The sub-header rules still stand -- I think.


Phil

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